BOSTON - Patients with lung nodules often have to undergo several procedures including biopsy and multiple surgeries, but a ...

The widespread utilization of chest CT scans has increased the importance of the proper evaluation of incidentally found lung nodules. The primary goal in the evaluation of these nodules is to ...

As contemporary surgical practice continues to evolve, patients who undergo surgical lung volume reduction (LVRS) for ...

For patients with advanced emphysema, endobronchial valve placement (EBV) is associated with higher mortality and morbidity ...

evaluating suspicious lung nodules for lung cancer involves two or more separate procedures — a biopsy for a tissue and then a separate surgery to remove the nodule if it is malignant.

Lung nodules are clusters of cells found during an x-ray or CT scan that appear as more dense or white spots in the lungs. They might surprise you because lung nodules generally do not cause ...

Neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation is independently linked to worse follow-up adherence for incidentally found pulmonary nodules.

They’ve initiated a programme to provide lifelong care and collaborative management for patients with lung nodules and lung ... at the Department of Thoracic Surgery and vice president of ...

The use of electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy (ENB)-guided microwave ablation (MWA) is safe and efficacy in treating patients with multiple bilateral pulmonary ground-glass opacities (GGOs). • ...

In Arizona, lung cancer screening rates remain very low. One Banner doctor is trying to spread awareness on screenings to improve early detection.

Noncontrast chest CT with 1–3 mm collimations through the nodule is necessary in the evaluation of the majority of lung nodules. Three to five slices should be obtained through the nodule to ...